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Summary: Perhaps we could do without the Great Tailed Grackle! West Texas is blessed - according to birders who are intent on expanding their life lists as quickly as possible - a characteristic of most birders - or is cursed - according to those who know them better - by two of the three species of grackles which are found in Texas. One, the Common Grackle, has visited since 1961 when first reported by regional birders. The other, the Great Tailed Grackle is a relative newcomer. Both species began nesting in the area in the late 1970s. Both grackles have about the same colonial courtship, nesting and feeding behavior. Bother are very noisy, traveling in flocks that move restlessly from place to p...
